Re: ISP connect doc.

1997-06-03 Thread Randy Edwards
   Would someone please suggest which doc to read for ISP connection
   for Debian/Linux?  Thanks!

   Read the ISP-HowTo (or is it ISP-Install-HowTo?!; something like that).
You'll find it in the usual documentation site (check off from
http://www.debian.org).  Once you get it from the documentation site,
check the author's web page from the doc and you can get the absolute
latest version.

   What are the software packages required for ISP connection setup?

   Well, what do you want to do in the internet?  First, you'll need a
mail reader.  I like Pine, your mileage may vary. :-)  Once you get things
set up, you can add something like fetchpop to automagically grab your
mail from your ISP, but wait until you get things running to play with
fetchpop.

   You'll need one of the newsreaders (trn is my favorite, but remember
MPG:-), and you'll need a web browser.  Lynx is a good text-only web
browser, but Mosaic or Netscape is good if you want graphics.  Of course,
an IRC client would be nice for those into chatting.

   Other than that, the big thing is that you'll need PPP compiled into
your kernel and to install the PPP stuff from dselect.  With that and
following the ISP* how-to instructions you'll be all set.  Let me know if
you have any problems, I just recently went through all of the same.

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ISP connect doc.

1997-06-02 Thread Timothy Phan
Hi,

  Would someone please suggest which doc to read for ISP connection
  for Debian/Linux?  Thanks!

  What are the software packages required for ISP connection setup?
  Thanks!

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Re: ISP connect doc.

1997-06-02 Thread Kevin Traas
   Would someone please suggest which doc to read for ISP connection
   for Debian/Linux?  Thanks!

http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/ISP-Hookup-HOWTO.html
 
   What are the software packages required for ISP connection setup?

netstd and ppp for starters.  Others might include diald, ircii, lynx,
Netscape, a news reader, a mail client, etc. etc. etc. (Check out
everything in the mail, net, and news sections of the distribution.)

Later,

Kevin Traas
Systems Analyst
Edmondson Roper CA
http://www.eroper.bc.ca


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Re: ISP connect doc.

1997-06-02 Thread Martin . Bialasinski
On  2 Jun, Kevin Traas wrote:
   Would someone please suggest which doc to read for ISP connection
   for Debian/Linux?  Thanks!
 
 http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/ISP-Hookup-HOWTO.html
  
   What are the software packages required for ISP connection setup?
 
 netstd and ppp for starters.  Others might include diald, ircii, lynx,
 Netscape, a news reader, a mail client, etc. etc. etc. (Check out
 everything in the mail, net, and news sections of the distribution.)
 
If you use X, you may also want to give xisp.deb a try. But please read
the howtos and man pppd as well, so you can deal with errors that might
appear. And to learn what xisp is actually behind its gui.

Ciao,
Martin



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